Students must use inline citations within the body of their research paper in order to avoid disqualification from the event.
A student has violated our BPA Academic Integrity Policy if they did the following:
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Intentional or unintentional violations of the Academic Integrity Policy, include but are not limited to:
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Not citing a source in text and/or in a Works Cited when:
- Using another individual’s work, idea or opinion
- Using information from any source or reference material
- Using any charts, infographics, pictures, sounds or any other media elements
- Using quotations from an individual’s actual spoken or written words
- Paraphrasing (putting into your own words) an individual’s work
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Not citing a source in text and/or in a Works Cited when:
This is grounds for disqualification. You are encouraged to read the entire BPA Academic Integrity Policy located here: www.michiganbpa.org/competitive-events.
The competitive events most impacted by this include Economic Research Individual and Economic Research Team.